Fast, furious and potentially fatal: why are supercars suddenly so popular?

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Once the preserve of the ultra-rich, supercars are finding new drivers through rentals, finance deals, influencer culture and the manosphere. "He was stopping at the red lights, revving his engine, waiting for the traffic to clear, then speeding. So on the third time we saw him do it, we stopped him and seized the vehicle." The car has a top speed of 217mph (350kmh), but the limit on these London streets is 20mph.

How it works

• Over the same weekend, the Metropolitan police seized about 90 more cars with a combined value of more than £8m, an increase on last year's tally of 72 cars.
• They were seized for various offences: driving without insurance, driving with incorrect licences or antisocial behaviour.
• The seized cars also included a Ferrari Monza worth about £3.4m (the driver only had a provisional UK licence).
• They were all put on display at Marble Arch, attracting a throng of camera-wielding onlookers (one attender did a seven-hour live blog of the occasion).
• Many of the supercars apprehended by the Met in August bore Middle Eastern number plates.

Details worth keeping

The orange Lamborghini that Tatman seized had D...